March 07, 2013

CROSSWORD #519: Check Your Crossings

Just a bit of advice to all who will be competing in the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament in Brooklyn this weekend, be sure to check your crossings. Accuracy is way more important than speed. Unless you're a Terminator like our reigning champion Dan Feyer and you show no known weaknesses. In case you forgot, in last year's tournament Dan managed to erase a nearly six minute gap he dug for himself due to some sloppy solving in puzzle 3 by demolishing the last four puzzles. Infuckingsane. So, I repeat, check those damn crossings. And good luck to all who will be in Brooklyn.

I'll be there this weekend, so feel free to introduce yourself. I don't bite, unless you ask me nicely. Regardless, I look forward to meeting many of you there.

Share the puzzle. New one on Monday, as well as a recap of the weekend's events.

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Just a bit of advice to all who will be competing in the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament in Brooklyn this weekend, be sure to check your crossings. Accuracy is way more important than speed. Unless you're a Terminator like our reigning champion Dan Feyer and you show no known weaknesses. In case you forgot, in last year's tournament Dan managed to erase a nearly six minute gap he dug for himself due to some sloppy solving in puzzle 3 by demolishing the last four puzzles. Infuckingsane. So, I repeat, check those damn crossings. And good luck to all who will be in Brooklyn.

I'll be there this weekend, so feel free to introduce yourself. I don't bite, unless you ask me nicely. Regardless, I look forward to meeting many of you there.

Share the puzzle. New one on Monday, as well as a recap of the weekend's events.

Brendan Emmett Quigley has been a professional puzzlemaker since 1996. In fact, he's the sixth-most published constructor in The New York Times under Will Shortz's editorship. Brendan's puzzles have also appeared in every major market including Creators Syndicate, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Crosswords Club, Dell Champion, Games Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Sun, Tribune Media Services, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post.

He regularly contributes work to The AV Crossword Club, Bawdy Crosswords, Spirit Magazine, Visual Thesaurus, and The Weekly Dig. At one point in time, Blender, Electronic Business, Paste Magazine, Quarterly Review of Wines, The Stranger, Time Out New York, and Wired.com ran his work. His puzzles have been mentioned on episodes of "The Colbert Report," "Jeopardy!," and "Sunday Night Football."

He is the author of over thirty different books. In his spare time he can be seen banging on typewriters in the Boston Typewriter Orchestra.
He will be posting two puzzles a week — on Monday and Thursday.
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